For just a buck, this pint-size dumpling den serves four pan-fried pot stickers. The plump, hand-made wrapper—chewy with crisp, griddle-pressed edges—is folded around a juicy pork-and-chive filling. Read more.
Come to enjoy a slice of the roasted duck, with its succulent meat and crackly, burnished mahogany skin. You can get the bird over rice or congee, but purists should stick to a mere drizzle of hoisin. Read more.
The litmus test of a good Chinatown bakery is its dan ta (egg custard tart), and there’s no tastier tartlet around than the one at this Two Bridges bakery. Read more.
Lines at this popular spot regularly wind into the street. Boba novices should start with the classic pearl milk tea, a smooth, strong black milk variety studded with super-fresh, chewy tapioca balls. Read more.
These quarter-size, pillow-soft puff balls have a crisp exterior and taste like the sweet cross between a fortune cookie and a French madeleine. Read more.
The well-stocked shelves boast more than a thousand jarred loose-leaf teas from around the world. The house-made herbal blends are a standout, in exotic flavors like holy basil and bilberry. Read more.
Lacquered roasted ducks hang in the butcher shop; rows of egg tarts fill the bakery displays; and prepared-food stations hawk pay-per-pound delicacies like shredded pig’s ear and gamy beef tongue. Read more.
New Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English songs are added weekly, and as with most Chinese karaoke dens, you get a free tab for food/drinks from the full bar, equivalent to what you pay for the room. Read more.
If the black-and-white decor and the dance music thumping from TV screens doesn’t tip you off, the stylists sporting funky ’dos should leave you in no doubt that this hot spot is undeniably trendy. Read more.
A handful of manicure tables and elevated, massage-giving pedicure chairs occupy this cozy salon that’s stocked with outdated English fashion magazines. Read more.
In 15 linoleum-floored, semi-private rooms, therapists dole out a combination of Chinese acupressure and shiatsu massage, while foot massages are dispensed downstairs in the communal area. Read more.
